And that ain't the wust. They said he could vote when he was at home" (Twain 103) By saying so, Pap is denouncing the society where black people are equally treated as "human being" like whites. Although he reviles against the black professor, he is indeed embarrassing himself because he knows that the black professor has better ability to do things that he cannot do. On the other hand, Mark Twain uses another white character, Aunt Sally who appears almost at the end of the chapter to deliver the serious prejudices of "niggers" at the time period. When Huck arrives at her house, pretending to be Tom Sawyer, she asks him why he was so late, and Huck replies that the steamboat blew a cylinder. Aunt Sally worries and asks, .
"Good gracious! Anybody hurt?" and Huck replies, .
"No"m. Killed a nigger." Then Aunt Sally adds, .
"Well, it's lucky because sometimes people do get hurt." (Twain 221).
Twain creates this scenario in order to give the readers an idea of how even this nice and caring white young lady was hypocritical and prejudiced. .
One of the significant characters in Twain's novel, a runaway slave Jim plays an important role by representing the humanity of black people even though his social status is lower than any one else in the story. Ever since Jim met Huck in the Illinois Island, Jim protected Huck as a father like figure throughout their journey through the Mississippi River. Jim provided Huck with a shelter and supervised him with love. When they were separated by the fog in chapter 15, Huck tried to convince Jim that it was only a dream. Jim, however got very angry at Huck that Huck tried to lie him about such a serious thing. He even stated that he almost shed tears when he found that Huck was back. (Twain 86) Moreover, Jim clearly shows the readers how "niggers" also have same emotions and feelings as whites. During their journey, Huck finds out from Jim, that Black people love their families just like Whites do, if not more.
